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A life revisited

Students will explore and compare articles about Stephen Hawking and black holes from the Science News archive.

Remembering Stephen Hawking

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Stephen Hawking's legacy will live on."

A look inside the smartphone

These discussion prompts ask students to describe how various smartphone sensors work, and analyze three graphs related to data gathered by such sensors.

Free-fallin’

Students will determine if an object's composition and the height at which can object is dropped affects its gravitational acceleration.

When science and gravity meet

These discussion prompts encourage students to explore concepts related to gravity and how scientists measure it.

The equivalence principle in the archive

Use this short section to explore and compare other articles about measurements of the equivalence principle as reported by Science News since 1924.

Testing the equivalence principle

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Galileo experiment re-created in space."

Tracking the latest developments

Students will compare and contrast one of the Top 10 stories of 2017 with an earlier related article from the Science News archive.

Analyzing a top article

Students will read and summarize one of the Top 10 stories of 2017, as reported by Science News.

The pressure to be a star

To better understand the life cycle of stars, students will estimate the conditions involved in stars and element formation.

Star light, star bright

These discussion prompts cover the principles of spectroscopy, stellar evolution and fusion reactions.

Spotting a neutron star collision

Students will answer questions related to the Science News article "Neutron star crash seen for the first time."